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Learn to make faces recognition programmatically in Android
For Android applications that offer to users possibilities to manage photos or images, it can be very useful to add a faces recognition feature. To achieve that, you have basically two options : first is to find a faces detection algorithm and to implement it. It can be a very good exercise but when you make Android applications, you wanna…
Be inspired and motivated on Android with My Quotes Book !
Smartphones and tablets let us to make a lot of common tasks each day. We use them to read news, know weather and forecasts, have fun with games or take photos. But, do you know that you can also use your Android device to be inspired and motivated daily ? Indeed, My Quotes Book, a free application, helps you to…
How to get Battery Information programmatically in Android ?
Android OS lets to developers to get a lot of data about features of a device. Amongst these data, it’s possible to get Battery Information for exemple. An application like CPU Hardware and System Info is able to give you following information about your Battery : Present or No Health Level Plugged Charging Status Technology Temperature Voltage Capacity You can…
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 dominates last AnTuTu benchmark !
Well known for its benchmark app, AnTuTu has published a new benchmark based on their last test Antutu Results are clearly in favour of the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. For the Overall Performance, the Top 10 is dominated by Qualcomm 820, Apple A9 and Samsung Exynos 8890. You can also notice that the Huawei homemade chip, the Kirin 950,…
Make your REST client easily in Android with Retrofit
Very often, Android applications are connected to backend services and consume REST services to get data. When you think to that kind of apps, you can imagine an application that displays weather to a user and get data from a backend service. Or you can imagine a Todo client that stores todos on server to offer users to check their…
Transform your Android smartphone into a Real Xylophone !
Since its apparition, smartphones are become essential in the life of users. Smartphones and even tablets let users to make a lot of tasks each day. Users are really addict. Amongst the large number of use cases possibles for smartphones and tablets, entertainment and games take a big part. Thus, it's now possible to use his smartphone or his tablet to…
6 tips for developers to save battery usage in Android applications
Smartphones and tablets become more powerful each year but unfortunately, batteries don’t evolve at the same speed. Save battery usage in an Android application is essential for your users. Here, we offer to developers 6 tips to save battery usage when they make Android applications : Avoid using wake locks if your application really doesn’t need them. To be sure, go…
Samsung Galaxy S Series history from Galaxy S to S7
Samsung has known a lot of success with its Galaxy S series. After Samsung has unveiled Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge last week during MWC 2016 in Barcelona, we offer you the complete history of Samsung Galaxy S Series from Galaxy S to Galaxy S7. Learn how the South Korea giant become so influential and the market leader in…
Best of MWC 2016 : find the top 10 announcements !
Year after year, Mobile World Congress is become the World biggest conference to unveil new smartphones, tablets and other connected accessories. It’s the place to be for all OEMs. This year was a good year with new flagships unveiled by Samsung and LG that exceed by far their 2015 predecessors. Besides these two top flagships, a lot of smartphones have…
Discover 10 features Samsung Galaxy S7 have and iPhone 6s doesn’t have
Unveileved last week-end at MWC 2016, Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were the worst-kept secret of the beginning of the year. New flagships of the South Korean giant bring strong refinement to a proven design. Better autonomy, Faster with a promise of awesome performances and Stronger with waterproofing. Apple could have some issues with that new concurrent to its…